Etymology

narcocorrido

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Today it means: A genre of Mexican music based on the polka, depicting drug smugglers, cartels, and other criminal activities. Full definition →

Spanish narcocorrido
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromnarcocorrido
  2. English todaynarcocorrido

From Spanish narcocorrido, from narco- (“drug”) + corrido (“ballad”).

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